Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3242.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3242, Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015” on November 18, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 30, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 18, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51020

  CBO publication date

  November 18, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3242, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  997de244d51af6e1278d4459338430bb90a57cdb19ec865077f678a2d43f3d7c

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-394 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Energy and Commerce Committee on January 11, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported January 11, 2016 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/394

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3242, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  997de244d51af6e1278d4459338430bb90a57cdb19ec865077f678a2d43f3d7c

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 120, July 28, 2015, Page H5590):
  Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, specifically clause 1 (relating to providing for the general welfare of the United States) and cluase 18 (relating to the power to make all laws necessary and proper for the carrying out of the powers vested in Congress).
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 28, 2015 ↗

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  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  277 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 3242, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/3242

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  997de244d51af6e1278d4459338430bb90a57cdb19ec865077f678a2d43f3d7c

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 3242, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.